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Gould, John. Monograph of the Pittidae, parts 1 & 2. Hill House Publishers, Melbourne, 1988, 1988.
Price: US$160.11 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: limited facsimile edition of 1873 original. One of a series of remarkably exact same-size facsimile of the original in the British Library. Printed by offset lithography on acid-free matt art paper and hand bound. Blue Japanese Saifu cloth, gilt lettering to spine, gilt British Museum Natural History crest to front cover. Folio, 22.25ins x 15.25ins, endpapers patterned with British Museum stamps, [ii], 10 full page colour plates each faced by a page of text, title to part two, 13pp text. "540" stamped to the front pastedown else no inscriptions or markings. F.
Seller: Missing Books (PBFA), Great Leighs, United Kingdom
Price: US$379.98 + shipping
Description: Facsimile reprint (1888), limited edition numbered, elephant folio, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt emblem & blind rule to front board, patterned eps, 7pp + 56 plates with accompanying text, illus, nr fine (v.light staining & rubbing to boards, light brusing to lower board corners)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Price: US$389.38 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Completed after the author's death by R. Bowlder Sharpe. Limited facsimile edition; Binding fine, contents clean and tight, unmarked. A fine copy. Original red Japanese Saifu cloth gilt; pp. [iv], iii plus 56 fine coloured plates with accompanying text (inc. cuckoo-shrikes, fairy-wrens, flycatchers and others). One of series of remarkably exact same-size facsimile of the original in the British Library, printed by offset lithography on acid-free matt art paper and hand-bound. The Hill House series contained the only authentic full-size facsimiles of the works of John Gould - this volume is one of the original printings and now out of print. Publisher's blurb thus "They are not reproductions, because no camera was used in transferring the images from the B.M.(N.H.) originals. Indeed the originals are taken by Museum security courier to the repro-house in Singapore, where they are subjected to the preparation of new plates for printing on 5 and 6 colour offset presses. The paper used is 130 gsm mat art paper. As facsimiles, the books carry faithfully every spot, mark or stain of the originals. They also carry the original Museum Department of Zoology stamps, and librarian's annotations. From behind glass, the naked eye would be unable to distinguish the original from the facsimile, so accurate is the colour printing. Also as facsimiles, they are exactly the same size as the originals (Imperial Folio: 22" x 15"). Each volume is hand sewn, cased-in and bound between 4 mm. gilt stamped on the spine, and with the gold Crown Cipher of the British Museum (Natural History) on the front, and blind embossed on the inner margin of the front boards. The end-papers are of special wood-free heavy grade paper, printed in a generated repetitive pattern of the Museum's Library stamps. The publisher has not intruded into the authenticity of the books, leaving the publication data printed only on the very last page at the end of the book block. Each copy is hand inspected by the printer's quality control officer, individually numbered on the inside front board. Thus, no two copies are exactly the same. Although initial volumes were printed in more than 500 copies, later production runs have not exceeded 300 for world-wide sale. This has been caused by a relative shortage of quality paper, together with the intensive hand-labour involved in their production." This book is held in stock.A POSTAL SURCHARGE MAY APPLY ON THIS HEAVY BOOK. Size: Elephant Folio
Seller: LOE BOOKS, Launceston, United Kingdom
Price: US$448.30 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: , 56 plates. . HB. Folio. Copy no. 293. A small bump to foot of spine, otherwise a fine copy. This book is from the library of Pamela Gilbert, former Entomology Librarian at NHM (London), and it is inscribed to her by the publishers, Bernard & Lucilla d'Abrera, 'To Pam Gilbert - who carried this book on its first odyssey .' It was Pam Gilbert who took the NHM original out to the printers in Singpore for preparation of plates for printing this facsimile edition. Originally published 1875-1888. Fine colour plates with accompanying text pages. 'The volumes in this series are not mere reproductions. They are exact facsimiles of originals held in the Libraries of the British Museum (Natural History) in London and Tring. They are not reproductions, because no camera was used in transferring the images from the B.M.(N.H.) originals. Indeed the originals are taken by Museum security courier to the repro-house in Singapore, where they are subjected to the preparation of new plates for printing on 5 and 6 colour offset presses. The paper used is 130 gsm mat art paper. As facsimiles, the books carry faithfully every spot, mark or stain of the originals. They also carry the original Museum Department of Zoology stamps, and librarian's annotations. From behind glass, the naked eye would be unable to distinguish the original from the facsimile, so accurate is the colour printing. Also as facsimiles, they are exactly the same size as the originals (Imperial Folio: 22" x 15"). Each volume is hand sewn, cased-in and bound between 4 mm. boards covered in special Japanese Saifu cloth, gold stamped on the spine, and with the gold Crown Cipher of the British Museum (Natural History) on the front, and blind embossed on the inner margin of the front boards. The end-papers are of special wood-free heavy grade paper, printed in a generated repetitive pattern of the Museum's Library stamps. The publisher has not intruded into the authenticity of the books, leaving the publication data printed only on the very last page at the end of the book block. Although initial volumes were printed in more than 500 copies, later production runs have not exceeded 300'. [9780947352011]
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
Price: US$496.27 + shipping
Description: London: Henry Sotheran & Co. 1875-1888 Facsimile produced for the British Museum Natural History by Hill House Publishers London 1988. Elephant folio. Orig. full silk wove cloth with gilt title to spine. 10pp. text. With 56 full-page col. plates each accompanied by a 1-2-page description. Fine. Numbered edition. NOTE: John Gould 1804-1881 was a bird collector and an astute publisher. While he sketched the birds he collected he employed many artists including his wife Elizabeth and Edward Lear to produce the vibrant images for which he is now acclaimed. The plates for this volume were produced by William Matthew Hart 1830-1908 who worked as a draughtsman for Gould from 1851 and completed the images after Gould's death.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Price: US$529.36 + shipping
Description: Folio,56 colour plates. Publisher's red cloth, a fine copy. The Bird of Paradise volume.
Seller: Andrew Isles Natural History Books, Prahran, VIC, Australia
Gould, John. A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans. Hill House, 1988.
Price: US$832.56 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: , 52 col plates. 550x370mm. HB. Imp. folio (550x370mm), orig. cloth. Fine. Originally published 1854. 'The volumes in this series are not mere reproductions. They are exact facsimiles of originals held in the Libraries of the British Museum (Natural History) in London and Tring. They are not reproductions, because no camera was used in transferring the images from the B.M.(N.H.) originals. Indeed the originals are taken by Museum security courier to the repro-house in Singapore, where they are subjected to the preparation of new plates for printing on 5 and 6 colour offset presses. The paper used is 130 gsm mat art paper. As facsimiles, the books carry faithfully every spot, mark or stain of the originals. They also carry the original Museum Department of Zoology stamps, and librarian's annotations. From behind glass, the naked eye would be unable to distinguish the original from the facsimile, so accurate is the colour printing. Also as facsimiles, they are exactly the same size as the originals (Imperial Folio: 22" x 15"). Each volume is hand sewn, cased-in and bound between 4 mm. boards covered in special Japanese Saifu cloth, gold stamped on the spine, and with the gold Crown Cipher of the British Museum (Natural History) on the front, and blind embossed on the inner margin of the front boards. The end-papers are of special wood-free heavy grade paper, printed in a generated repetitive pattern of the Museum's Library stamps. The publisher has not intruded into the authenticity of the books, leaving the publication data printed only on the very last page at the end of the book block. Each copy is hand inspected by the printer's quality control officer, individually numbered on the inside front board, hand wrapped in protective brown paper, and placed in its own crush-proof outer carton. The carton is then sealed, numbered and signed on the outside by the printer's quality control officer. Thus, no two copies are exactly the same. Although initial volumes were printed in more than 500 copies, later production runs have not exceeded 300'. [9780959363982]
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
Price: US$832.56 + shipping
Description: THE AUTHENTIC FACSIMILIE OF THE ORIGINAL PRODUCED UNDER LICENCE FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM. IMPERIAL FOLIO (22 BY 15 INCHES), ORIGINAL JAPANESE SAIFU RED CLOTH, HAND-BOUND, STAMP OF BRITISH MUSEUM TO FRONT BOARD IN GILT, 56 FINE, FULL-COLOUR PLATES, A VERY GOOD COPY (MINOR WEAR TO THE CLOTH AT ONE CORNER AND THE FOOT OF THE SPINE) - NUMBERED 0160. POSTAGE WILL BE AT COST.
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom
Price: US$896.60 + shipping
Description: THE AUTHENTIC FACSIMILIE OF THE ORIGINAL PRODUCED UNDER LICENCE FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM. IMPERIAL FOLIO (22 BY 15 INCHES), ORIGINAL JAPANESE SAIFU RED CLOTH, HAND-BOUND, STAMP OF BRITISH MUSEUM TO FRONT BOARD IN GILT, 56 FINE, FULL-COLOUR PLATES, A FINE COPY - NUMBERED 0334. POSTAGE WILL BE AT COST.
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom